Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/261537 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Economic Structures [ISSN:] 2193-2409 [Volume:] 8 [Issue:] 34 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 1-18
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Potato is one of the major staple crops in the Eastern and Central Africa sub-region. Its importance continues to rise due to increased urbanization and demand for potato is projected. This increase will definitely come with its share of challenges that need to be addressed. This study was aimed to measure the level of technical efficiency, yield loss due to inefficiency and identify the factors that influence the efficiency levels of potato producers' in Chilga District. Primary data were collected from 150 farmers selected using multistage sampling procedure and analyzed using descriptive statistics, a parametric stochastic frontier production function models.
Subjects: 
Chilga district
Cobb-Douglas
Potato
SPF
Technical efciency
Yield loss
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Document Type: 
Article

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